Tag: deuteronomy

Preaching Paths 22 February 2026 Lent 1, Year A

Sally A Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Jesus’ forty-day experience of hunger and testing in the wilderness, following his baptism and before his ministry begins, is the subject of today’s Gospel reading. Matthew’s language aligns closely with Luke’s (Lk 4:1-13); the major difference is that Luke transposes the ordering of the second and third…

February 15, 2026
24th August 2025, 11th Sunday after Pentecost

St Luke 13:10-17 Jesus heals on the sabbath 13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 13:11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 13:12 When Jesus saw…

August 16, 2025
Preaching Paths 6 October 2024 Proper 22

Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary In today’s Gospel reading (Mark 10:2-16), some Pharisees ask Jesus to vote up or down the lawfulness of divorcing one’s wife. Their motive may be less than innocent; they may hope he will answer in a way that draws the attention and ire of Herodias, who married…

September 26, 2024